To Comrade Karl Radek

9/X. 10.

Dear Comrade! I had intended to reply to the articles by Martov and Trotsky with a substantial article on the substance of the matter in *Neue Zeit*. But things turned out differently. You published a very good statement, and Comrade Karsky, even before I had written to Kautsky and Wurm about my intention, submitted an article against Martov to *Neue Zeit**. Wurm sent me Karsky's article, and I agreed to limit myself to that article.

But I cannot, however, leave unanswered the most incredible absurdities and distortions of Martov and Trotsky. I already have about a third or half of my article ready. Its subject is: "The Historical Meaning of the Intra-Party Struggle in Russia"***. Please advise: is it possible and advisable to place this article in *Leipziger Volkszeitung*?

If the answer to this question depends on whether the editorial board likes my article or not, then of course I am gladly prepared to submit the article to you without any conditions whatsoever.

I would be very grateful to you if you could communicate something to me on this matter right now. For instance, I would like to know whether you can place several feuilletons on this theme in *Leipziger Volkszeitung*? What is the maximum length an article can be? And another thing:

* —by the board? Ed.

** See previous letter. Ed.

*** See *Works*, 5th ed., vol. 19, pp. 358–376. Ed.